The Mirror23d
Idris Elba 'overwhelmed and angry' as he makes emotional plea in BBC crime documentary
Actor Idris Elba has opened up about feeling ‘overwhelmed and angry’ while posting a passionate video urging people to put down their knives in 2019. The Luther star has been involved in the ...
London Evening Standard24d
Idris Elba says young people in British gangs are ‘not big and scary’
Idris Elba: A Year Of Knife Crime is due to be released on BBC One and iPlayer in early 2025. Actor Idris Elba has said young people in London gangs are “not big and scary”, adding it is ...
The Independent26d
Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to 1982. “I’d been given the incredible ...
The Financial Times28d
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis TV review — BBC doc examines youth violence in the UK
The hour-long film is fronted by the actor-cum-activist Idris Elba, whose vocal campaigning helped push the government into passing legislation banning machetes and serrated “zombie” knives ...